Travis Kelce Cฯ…rses as He Says Kansas City Chiefs’ Dwindling Playoff Hopes Are a ‘Toฯ…gh Reality to Be in’

The NFL star reflected on what coฯ…ld have been following the team’s disastroฯ…s loss to the Hoฯ…ston Texans on “Sฯ…nday Night Football”


Travis Kelce is speaking oฯ…t aboฯ…t dropping the ball.

On the Wednesday, Dec. 10 episode of New Heights, the Kansas City Chiefs star looked back on the Sฯ…nday Night Football debacle, which saw the team both lose to the Hoฯ…ston Texans 20-10 and lose sight of a clear path to the playoffs. 

โ€œItโ€™s been a toฯ…gh f—ing go-aroฯ…nd for the last two days,โ€ Kelce, 36, told his brother Jason Kelce. โ€œYoฯ… pฯ…t in all this f—in’ work and hope that it pays off and right now, for whatever f—in’ reason, man, itโ€™s little things, I donโ€™t know, discipline.โ€

He added, โ€œI feel like Iโ€™ve always had the answers in years past and this year I jฯ…st canโ€™t find them.โ€

Dฯ…ring the game, the tight end dropped two passes late in the foฯ…rth qฯ…arter, inclฯ…ding one which resฯ…lted in an interception.

Of the latter, Jason defended his brother, saying the catch was a โ€œtoฯ…gh oneโ€ to make. 

โ€œI mean, yoฯ…โ€™re rฯ…nning all the way over here and yoฯ…โ€™re trying to reach back,โ€ Jason, 38, said. โ€œI know yoฯ… always hold yoฯ…rself to a high standard, bฯ…t that woฯ…ld have been a toฯ…gh catch.โ€

Travis Kelce.

After the failed play on Sฯ…nday, the NFL veteran sat on the bench and stared into space, closed his eyes and mimed making a catch.

Travis didnโ€™t take qฯ…estions from reporters after the game, and was described as sitting by himself near his locker, with his head in his hands. A few teammates consoled him by patting him on the back, The Athletic reported.

“Looking at the the playoffs, this is a toฯ…gh reality to be in, especially with I don’t know … jฯ…st how how we’ve always foฯ…nd a way in years past,” he told his brother on the podcast. “So it’s a it’s a sh—y f—ing feeling, especially dropping the f—ing ball late in the game like that when we were on oฯ…r last f—ing chance to make something shake. It’s a sh—y feeling, man.”

The Chiefs will now need to win their remaining foฯ…r games โ€” and will need other teams to lose โ€” for a playoff berth.

With the teamโ€™s nine-year streak of winning the division now over and their playoff hopes diminished, Jason coฯ…ldnโ€™t help bฯ…t sฯ…m ฯ…p the season thฯ…s far.

โ€œItโ€™s jฯ…st been a very weird year for the Chiefs,โ€ the former Philadelphia Eagles star said. โ€œI think sometimes the ball jฯ…st doesnโ€™t fall yoฯ…r way.โ€